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PATBNTED MAY 24, 1904.

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Patented May 24, 1904.

CHARLES E.Y LI'IZINGER,OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,882, dated` May 24, 1904. Application filed July 29, 1903. Serial No. 167,435. (No model.) l

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. LITZINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Posts, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in posts and themethod of making the same; and its Objectis to provide a post especially adapted for use in connection with fences, telegraph-lines, &c., said post being constructed Vof artificial stone or metal, whereby a durable and inexpensive device is produced.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, :and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, lshowing thepreferred form of my invention, and in Which- Figure l is a perspective View of a portion of a fence employing my improved post. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through oney form of post detached, and Fig. 3 is a similarsection through a modified form of post. y

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a post .formed of a mixture of stone, sand, and cement which is molded preferably into rectangular form and provided with angular recesses 2 in one face, into which project bolts 3,'which are adapted to be fastened in any suitable manner to fence-rails 4,. Metal rods 5 are preferably embedded-within the post and extend longitudinally thereof at suitable intervals, and these rods serve to strengthen the post and to prevent breakage thereof when struck violently by heavy objects. l. f

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modified form of post in which the angular recesses 2 are dispensed with and in lieu thereof apertures 6 are arranged within the center of the post for the reception of the fence-rails.

By referring to Figs. 2 and 3 it will be seen' that one of the rods is located at the center of 'and serves to strengthen the faces of the post contacted by the rails. The. rods are detached i from each other, and therefore no connecting meansare necessary forY holding them in proper relation to each other. n

` The posts may be made in any suitable form and are constructed by first providing a mold of the desiredV shape and then Stringing the rods 5 therein. A mixtureof cement, sand, and broken stone is then packed within the mold and around the rods 5, and the mold is so shaped as to formthe rectangular recesses 2 or the passages '3, as desired.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; butI do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing lfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of yi'nvention.

Having thus describe the invention, what is claimed as new Aisir A fence-post formed of a mixture of stone, sand and cement and having angular recesses extending across one face thereof for the reception of fence-rails, reinforcing-rods .embedded within thepost and extending longitudinally thereof, and a reinforcing-rod within the post and havingangular portions embedded within and parallel with the walls of the recesses, whereby said walls are strengthened and enlargement of the recesses prevented, and rail-engaging bolts extending through the post and within the center of the recesses.

presence of two witnesses. .y Y CHARLES E. LITZINGER. Witnesses:y

O. PARKER BAKER, HARRY K. STEVENS.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature irf 

